How to Take Charge of your Business Success
It’s not easy running your own business. Especially if you’re doing it by yourself, like me. Don’t let your business run itself into the ground. Take Charge.
One way to do that is by checking out what other people are saying about your business. Whether good or bad, it’s important to know where you stand. Then you can act upon that information.
Check out the following link for online reputation management tips.
4 Online Reputation Management Tips for 2012
Also catch up on the latest articles from Mashable.
Mashable Weekend Recap: 36 Stories You May Have Missed
Business Success is Inevitable if You Know How to Market Yourself
Owning your own business can be fun and exciting. Often it’s a challenge, especially if you do it all yourself. You have to offer the best products or services at a price people want to pay. You also have to differentiate yourself from the herd of other similar businesses. Promoting or marketing your business is a daily job you can’t ignore.
It’s hard to keep up with the latest news on marketing. This is my attempt to help you by listing the latest articles I’ve found on Tech, Business, Social Media and Marketing. Enjoy.
Check these articles out:
Mashable Weekend Recap: 38 Stories You May Have Missed
The Top 10 Business Plan Mistakes
How to Streamline Site Navigation to Attract and Retain Customers
46 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
How to Sell Anything Using Social Media
33 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
If you have any questions on social media marketing or promoting your business, feel free to give me a call at 310–791‑5803 or send me an email.
Thanksgiving-Eve Marketing News You Can Use
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for what you have. It’s also a good time to work on getting more… business that is.
Here are some helpful business marketing articles I’ve found interesting:
Measuring Offline Vs. Online Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Five New Online Tools for Finding Local Customers
Social Media: 4 Simple Principles To Convert the Harshest Critics
The Lede: 7 Writing and Marketing Links You Don’t Want to Miss
If you use WordPress to design your own website, checkout Premise:
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7. Unlimited updates (you’ll thank yourself for this next year)
During their Thanksgiving sale, you can get Premise Ultimate for only $95. Yes, really.
Just use the code THANKS when you check out and you’ll save $70 on the best landing page software available for WordPress.
This deal ends promptly at 7:00 pm Pacific time on Monday, November 28, 2011. Hurry up and get Premise Ultimate before they come to their senses!
Helpful Articles with Marketing Tips for the Holidays
The holidays are upon us. It’s never too late to improve your business. Here are a series of articles I found that relate to helping you and your business succeed.
I regularly check out RSS feeds from Entrepreneur Magazine and other business related sites. Topics will range from running your business to marketing, social media, website design and blogging.
Check back often to my blog. You never know what you will find.
Enjoy reading these articles this Thanksgiving week.
Seven Easy Tweaks to Turn Your Site into a Holiday Sales Machine
Brian Solis on Five Common Social Media Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
More Small Businesses Extol the Benefits of Social Media
Social Media and Content Marketing
How to Create a Google+ Business Page
I believe blogging is an excellent way to increase traffic to your business website. The following books can help.
5 Good Kindle Books For New Blog Owners
Why not buy yourself or someone you love a Kindle Touch for the holidays.
Disney-like Font for Free!
Are you looking to create a Disney-like look on your artwork for personal or home use? Check out the Waltograph Font. It’s not an official logo font and there are no lower case letters but it could be fun to play with.
This font is not licensed for commercial use.
Important Marketing Information You Need to Read
Start the new week right by reading the following articles to help get your business on the road to success. They are from the last two weeks and cover everything from business to tech, with some fun things thrown in too.
All articles are from Mashable Social Media. Enjoy.
45 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
62 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
Marketing Success is Inevitable
When you take the time to work on your business marketing on a regular basis, you will succeed.
I’ve been in business over 30 years and am forever reading up on the latest trends in online business and marketing. I’ve found I must constantly “update” my marketing ideas in order to keep up.
Teach yourself how to promote your products and services. There’s a wealth of information online. The more you read, the better able you will be to figure out what works for you.
Be careful of what you read
Always be aware that there are many people promising you success and wealth, as long as you buy their product or service. Make sure you are not throwing your money away. A little research goes a long way in being web savvy and avoiding scams.
Take Action
Sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring is not a good option. But it is easy to do.
Instead, check out these interesting articles and get started on increasing your business today.
The Ultimate Measure of Marketing Success
56 New Digital Media Resources
25 Stories You May Have Missed from Mashable
57 New Digital Media Resources
7 Tips for Making Your Web Store Stand Out During the Holidays
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